Dave, help! How do I delete downloaded movies from my Sony PSP? More generally, how do I manage the files that I’ve put on the PSP without having to use my PC all the time?
It’s not obvious that the Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP, for us people who like to type less) has a file system manager as part of its firmware operating system, but indeed you can delete just about any MP3 music file, JPG / PNG photograph or image, or MP4 downloaded movie with the PSP device itself.
To demonstrate, let me show you how I can delete a photograph from my PSP, then I’ll show you how to do the same thing for movies too.
I’ll assume that you already know how to download photos to your PSP (if not, please check out How do download photos to your Sony PSP for help) so all you need to do to start is go to Photo, and click (use the “X” button) on the “Memory Stick” option. If you have pictures, you’ll see them show up, just as this one has done for me:
Now, here’s the magic. Press the up triangle button on the right control pad. Now you’ll suddenly see a range of system options:
Amazing, eh? All those features hidden. To delete this photo, I’d simply use the down arrow (the left control pad) to move to “delete”, then press the “X” button, in which case the PSP will confirm that’s what I really want to do:
To delete it, use the left arrow to highlight “yes” then press “X” again.
Deleting movies works basically the same. Move back up to the Video section, select the “Memory Stick” with the “X” button, then move down to the movie you want to delete. (if you don’t know how to download movies onto your PSP, by the way, you’ll find How to download movies onto your PSP a must read).
In this instance, I’m going to delete my downloaded copy of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy :
You can guess what to do next. Press the “up triangle” button and you’ll see the file management options again:
You can delete it exactly as you delete photos (and music files, for that matter).
While we’re here, do choose “Information” because it’s so darn interesting:
That’s how ya do it. Hope this helps you out!
click yes, go to file name,scroll all the way to the end of the file name until u see .3gp. change .3gp to .mp4 and click start. highlight the save icon and press x. the video will save to the memory stick. when u change .3gp to .mp4 you can change the file name. just dont make it where there is no name. if you do the data will be corrupted and you cant delete it. when you are done, exi the browser and go to the video or music xmb icon depending on where you downloaded it to and click on the memory stick
if u want 2 download music/videos 2 ur psp just go 2 tubidy.mobi in ur psp browser. search the song or video and it will show up. if it says no search results switching to global mode then wait a second and it will pop up. click on the video you want. if you want to download the music track, click on mp3 download. if u want 2 download the video click on the mp4 download link. if there isnt an mp4 download link (there wont be for most videos) click on 3gp video hi. when it says do you want to save this file
Hi my name is rosa and Im having a problem I cant seem to delete a wallpaper on my psp i tried to connect it to the usb port and deleting it from there but I can I just recently bought this psp for my son and lets just say I dont want him to have that wallpapaer but I dont believe its save anywhere else at least I can seem to find it.. if anyone knows how to please help
im having sum problems wit my online psp. i downloaded files to it into the common file and i dont have a computer yet/anymore. do you know how to delete them w/O computer help? basically same problem as paul… plz HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ps. i posted this with my psp :/
how to put music on psp part3 to load music cds on to ps3 put the disk in ps3 slot then go to music a cd symbol will show up press triangle and click obtain cd information so the names of the song tracks show up then click the triangle button again and click import to load your music from your cd albums on to your ps3 and note that if you load your music on ps3 it will always be in alphabetical order unless you load it on a computer instead of ps3 and you can even load any song no problem by buying cd recorder disks and burning a cd copy of the disk and when i said burning disks i did not mean light them on fire i meant copying music go to itunes on computer and make a playlist copy songs in playlist folder then click burn disk and the songs on the disk will always play even songs that aren’t psp compad-it-able and always turn up corupted data on psp will always play on the disk almost any song can be played on disk i hope this helps everyone out thats all i have to say for music for now
more info about how to put music on your psp part2 i couldn’t fit everything in one post to put all your favorite songs in one folder just click and drag any song into your music folders and if you don’t want your music to be in alphabetical order load a music cd into a computer and click and drag the songs you want into your psp memory card in any order you want by having the same music in the same order like your favorite music albums have just click and drag music in to psp file folder then click and drag music in to music folders so your music will play and you can even put any song into any music folders and you can even use your ps3 to copy music on your psp just press triangle button and click copy and your music will be on your psp you can even copy music from psp on to ps3 by plugging in usb cable in ps3 usb cable slots on front of ps3 to copy music from psp on ps3 by clicking information on psp file folder by clicking triangle to acess options i will talk more about music in another post
how to put music on psp buy a psp usb cable i bought mine from ebgames i suggest a mad catz psp usb cable that’s what i use to put music on psp plug psp usb cable into into psp and then then plug the only part of the psp usb cable into back of the computer log on computer file turn on psp and click usb connection in psp settings then a psp file folder will show up on your computer click on the psp file folder then click on the circle that looks like a metal gear and click add new folder or playlist and you will have a folder to put music in and have everything more organized and you can even type in any name for your music folders by clicking on the words underneath the music folders and you can even click and drag and copy music from itunes just click on music in itunes folders and drag it into psp file folder and once its in your psp file folder you click on folder and drag the music to your music folders so your music will play on your psp i will talk more about music in another post.
to delete music unwanted music folders plug psp usb cable into computer and click on psp memory card file folder go to music folders right click on unwanted music folders click delete or click and drag unwanted music folders into computer trash bin emepty trash and any unwanted music folders you deleted will be no longer be on your psp memory card unless you put them back on i hope this information helps everyone out i spent 50 hours reasearching how to use psp perfectly if you have a question about psp ask me and if you want to delete everything off psp at once just format memory card go to psp settings this will make it so you don’t have to press triangle button many countless times to delete everything i hope this information is very useful and helpful
to fully delete everything on psp go to settings then click format memory card and it will delete everything at once so you don’t have to press triangle many countless times i hope this helps
hey, my 8 year old brother bought a psp off ebay and it has a screensaver of a naked women on it and i dont know how to delete it. i’ve changed it to the original background so can you tell me how to delete it please? 🙂 x
Oh my, pull out the Memory Stick itself and look closely at it. Many of them have a tiny slider switch that lets you put it into read-only “protected” mode. Perhaps that’s the problem?
When I try and delete my movies & school work from my Common folder it says
“Cannot Delete 1:Access is denied.
Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.”
well this disk has 943 MB unused and i need 944 MB unused and that seems to be the only damn thing left thats taking up space other than the system files. And also none of the files are currently in use so im guessing it must be Write-Protected but how do you get rid of that?
what do i do if a file on my psp wont delete ?
I have an old system update stuck on my PSP and it will not allow me to delete it. any tips??
Thanks it took me like three hours to try and figure that out for some reason I am dumb as hell when it comes comps and gaming systems. Thanks again
this only tempararily deletes them how do delete the file forever, without formatting???
Watz good Dave, I tried to download lil wayne whole album the carter 3 on my psp and it took a chunk of memory n i dnt kno how to delete it.thnx
i need to delete files off my common folder taking to much memory please help
Hi Dave!
I’ve got a really irritating problem with my PSP. Once i turn it on, it seems as if my D-pad is stuck at the right button. the only buttons that respond when i press are left, x, and select.
but when i turn it on on recovery mode, the buttons work well. what’s the effin’ prob with my PSP!!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Hi Dave, I’m having the same problem as Laura. I’m trying to delete music and its telling me that I can’t because it contains data of types other than music. Please help me Dave, I nned you right now. Thanx
I have a similar problem, there are files in my music and it says that it cant be deleted. I pop up all of the files on my omputer, and it wont let me delete them. It says that folder cannot be deleted. This folder contains data of types other than music. PLEASE HELP AND EMAIL ME BACK!!
I can’t seem to delete music from my PSP. When I try to delete it it says:
“This folder cannot be deleted. The folder contains data of types other than music data”
Even though it only contains music.
Please help!
Laura.
lauraemilybrennan@hotmail.com
i tried to put two epasodes of south park on my psp.
i have limewire i downloaded them completly
i put them on my psp
(maby thr wrong way
how do you do that aswell)
i looked on my psp and they arent there at all
but it took a hugr chunk out of my memory
so it must be in there
wat do i do
please help
How do I dowload video files from my computer to the PSP?
Thanks for the help Dave! Who would have thought, push the triangle to show delete. Duh!